CK&E’s Presentation at the Personal Care Products Council – Emerging Issues Conference, November 2012:

Resources for Your Game Plan

Manufacturers, suppliers and others in the personal care product industry can use these resources to develop their game plan to prepare for the day when they receive “The Letter” asserting that their product violates any number of consumer and regulatory laws, such as Proposition 65 toxic substance warning requirements, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, organic labeling requirements and unfair competition laws.

Food and Drug Administration Warning Letters

FDA warning letter repository: http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/default.htm#browse

FDA warning letters related to cosmetics:

http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ComplianceEnforcement/WarningLetters/default.htm

Proposition 65

Proposition 65 Private Enforcement Regulations: http://oag.ca.gov/prop65/regulations

Proposition 65 List of Chemicals: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html

Toxicity Criteria Database: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/risk/chemicalDB/index.asp

Chemicals Known to the State to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity (as of Nov. 2, 2012): http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/files/filesp65single110112.pdf

Proposition 65 Changes to List of Chemicals: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/CRNR_notices/list_changes/index.html

Current Safe Harbor Levels (as of Aug. 2012): http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/pdf/090412Safeharbor.pdf

Annual Summaries of Proposition 65 Private Settlements: http://oag.ca.gov/prop65

2011 Settlement Report: http://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/pdfs/prop65/Alpert_Report2011.pdf

Organic Labeling

National Organic Program: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/nop

USDA Organic Certification: www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3004346&acct=nopgeninfo

Other Regulations

California Air Resources Board Consumer Products Program: http://www.arb.ca.gov/consprod/consprod.htm

California Air Resources Board 2012 Case Settlements and Settlement Agreements: http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/casesett/casesett.htm

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